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originally posted by: gortex
I think it's more a case of wishful thinking on the part of Martian Archaeologist than Pareidolia but rocks come in all shapes and sizes both here and on Mars.
originally posted by: RadioKnecht
a reply to: HUMBLEONE
If the rover is still on Earth or on Mars or on Atacama is a whole different ball game (meriting several threads of its own) and not the subject-matter of this thread.
Please, for this thread's sake, let's just assume that it is Mars.
originally posted by: SkepticOverlord
a reply to: RadioKnecht
Apparently you're not able to realize that the rock in question is only a handful of inches in size.
Find and post a pic of a naturally formed rock here on Earth that looks like what is shown in the OP.
I think this is something unnatural lying on the surface of Mars.
originally posted by: SkepticOverlord
a reply to: RadioKnecht
Apparently you're not able to realize that the rock in question is only a handful of inches in size.
originally posted by: Urantia1111
Find and post a pic of a naturally formed rock here on Earth that looks like what is shown in the OP.
originally posted by: RadioKnecht
What I'm trying to say is that, if the coffin-looking rocks got their particular shape by environmental forces, then why the rest of the rocks around them don't look also the same?
originally posted by: Tichy
a reply to: amazing
Can't tell, because i don't know actually. I'm no geologist.
I only can assume, that it's because the Gale-Crater is supposed to be an area where lots of sedimentic layer(s) formed the landscape, as it looks today. Millions of years of erosion most likely would have destroyed any earth-like looking structure of this kind of rocks, i guess.